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Why I dropped Abunai Koi (and about dropping games in general)

I’ve been wondering for like a month if I should post this “review” or not, since I decided to drop this game after 2 routes; I’ve also asked for opinions on twitter, to know if writing a review makes sense, when the player hasn’t completed it.

I’ve received mixed opinions, from “you really have to experience the WHOLE game, to make your opinion valid” to “if you dropped it, this is already a review because you clearly didn’t enjoy it”.

I guess a good deal is calling this an “impression” instead of a proper review.

Well, if you’re still somehow interested, let’s start with this, whatever you want to call it!

I’ve always been curious about Abunai Koi, mostly since I love solving mysteries and dealing with criminals, but also because Teita’s art is always blinding, so I tried to give this game a chance.

Knowing it was originally a mobage, my hopes were kinda low for character development and decent writing, but the characters looked interesting enough when I first met them.

Akechi Masaomi seemed my soulmate, since his determination in avoiding overtime and going straight home at 5 pm were honestly a big mood I held dear when I worked in a boring office years ago. His coworkers weren’t happy about that (and so were mine), but he doesn’t care at all and I really applaud his attitude. It turned out, he goes home early because he’s doing house chores and cooking for his 3 twin sisters!

I always appreciate men who love cooking and taking care of their family, who doesn’t?

I admit the crime they were solving wasn’t that interesting, the writing was lacking as I expected and the route itself was embarrassingly short, I think it was over in 2 hours or even less.

What disappointed me the most, is that his confession was so short, I barely understood what was happening! I swear! The were on a date, but as soon as they reached the place he said “I like you” and done, it was over! Not even a kiss CG!

While I was raging, I restarted the game, realizing there was actually a “Part 2”.

Which means, you’re kinda getting a FD that starts from the first route.

I would have preferred a whole route, but I guess the mobage was like that and I’m the one to blame for playing this game, so ok, I accepted this and moved on.

Kenji was loud, while speaking with an obvious Osaka accent, and he loved drinking with random women; he seemed to enjoy girls’ company a bit too much, but somehow he wasn’t the type to have a real relationship. In fact, he turned out being kinda awkward at expressing his feelings.

I guess he’s used to talk to women, but not to fall in love? Maybe because of his job? I don’t know.

Anyway, despite liking him, I realized I wasn’t enjoying at all this game, to the point that completing his route seemed more like a chore than something I enjoy doing in my spare time for fun. You could think it was the character’s fault, sometimes it happens: there’s a route we find boring and we end up dragging the game, but it turns out worthy when we finally get to date another character we end up loving a lot.

Sadly, it wasn’t the case.

I think the main problem were the pacing and the writing, I couldn’t feel involved in the crimes they were investigating and I ended up paying attention only to couple scenes, which weren’t that developed, and the CGs were too rare to make my effort worth it.

The system really felt like I was playing a mobage, since the route was divided in short chapters; it gave me a sense of fragmented, not fluid, but most of all not properly developed.

It felt unpolished and cheap, which is a pity since Teita was involved.

I hate dropping games, it just happened a few times in the past (maybe I’ll write about it in the future), but I realized I was wasting my free time for something that made me bored.

Some people told me to “force myself” to complete it anyway, so I could write a proper review, but since I’m doing this for passion and not for money, honestly I felt it didn’t make any sense.

Also, even if bad reviews are useful, so my readers can save their money and avoid landmines, I want to contribute to the otome game community by spreading the love for games I enjoyed, instead of complaining about how I wasted my money and time.

So, that’s it. Sorry, I know it’s not that much, but this is my blog so…… forgive me, if I feel free to write this kind of useless stuff, from time to time.

Mid-year gaming schedule

Somehow half of 2020 has gone already, even if these past months have been so weird, I don’t even know where I should start complaining; but I won’t talk about bad things.

Since I’m almost done with Chaos Lineage, after more than 2 months since I started it, I suddenly remembered that I wrote a post about my gaming schedule, at the beginning of the year, when I was trying to plan my reviews and give you an hint of the future of this blog.

So I was curious and I went to check if I was sticking to that, at least for the most part.

Guess what? As usual, I’m being completely random.

There are games I completely forgot about: Jyuuzaengi 2, Kannagi no mori, Dot Kareshi and Urakata Hakuouki, for example. Instead, I ended up playing Tlicolity Eyes 1, Sanada Ninpou Chou, Musketeers and Taisho Alice Heads and Tails, which were completely unplanned.

But I had fun (well, for most of them) so I have no regrets; the other games will wait some more for their turn to be enjoyed!

Diabolik Lovers More Blood (replay) is a big no for this year, since going through Chaos Lineage took me a lot of time already, I can’t take more vampires for a few months.

At least I’ve completed my Gekka Ryouran Romance replay, Charade Maniacs, Hana Oboro and Usotsuki Shangri La.

I still plan to play Vamwolf Cross and Code Realize Shirogane no kiseki within this year.

I wasn’t expecting to play that much on Switch, I’ll start Toraware no Palm Refrain next, then I’ll go for Olympia Soiree.

Cupid Parasite will be released next month and Piofiore 1926 in October, I’ll do my best to complete both before the year ends.

I wish I could promise you more, so I want to be positive and add Tlicolity Eyes 2 to my list of reviews you can expect from me this year.

In six months from now, we’ll see what I accomplished… in the meanwhile, see you here!

Life updates!

Hello everyone! How are you?

I thought I had to update you a little about my life, since there have been good (and bad) news recently! This place sometimes feels like home for me, I met nice people and I know there are nice lurking readers who care about me, so I want to share with you what’s going on recently.

First and most importantly: I was supposed to get married on May 24th, but it’s impossible in this situation and I had to reschedule it all. You probably won’t believe me, but making decisions and call all the people involved was even more stressing than starting wedding preparations from zero.

The worst part was deciding if I wanted to postpone it all next year or trying to have a decent celebration while coronavirus is still around.

In the end, we decided that we are going to sign our wedding papers, becoming officially husband and wife, next month, on June 30th, which is also my birthday.

I admit this was mostly my choice: I was depressed, thinking about how corona crushed my plans and dreams for this year, so I needed to give myself a nice birthday present. I had to cancel my Japan trip and wedding party, but at least I need to accomplish something on that day, so this 2020 won’t feel like a waste of time.

Me and my boyfriend talked a lot about the celebration, since restaurants probably will start opening next month, but we couldn’t imagine a party with masks and social distancing: it’s supposed to be a fun event, I don’t want my guests to come scared for their lives.

In the end, we decided it to hold our wedding party next year, again on June 30th, so it will be our first anniversary celebration too! I need to wait one more year to wear my red dress, but at least it will be a great day and memory.

You may think I’m heartless, but canceling my Japan trip made me even angrier than postponing my wedding: I miss Japan so much, I’ve been looking forward to this trip since October!

And now, I’ll need to wait for another year. We still haven’t decided the exact dates, but probably we’ll leave on mid-July, hoping next year this corona nightmare will be settled completely.

I wish I had a great news to end this post make it brighter, but there’s another bitter note I want to add: my credit card has been cloned and I’ve been stolen 150 euro.

I had to block it, ask for a refund, deal with annoying stuff… It wasn’t fun.

It isn’t over yet, but I’m positive I’ll receive my money back soon. Or at least, I hope so!

Now I kinda feel guilty for wasting your time while telling you about my sad life………… I hope yours is better lately, even if these are though times for everyone.

On a side note, happier this time, I’m basically done with Usotsuki Shangri La and my review is coming very soon! I also wrote a new TOP10 yesterday, so you can expect funnier updates next week!

Stay healthy and thanks for reading, as usual!

Personal stuff: how am I surviving quarantine?

Hello everyone! And Happy Easter, if you celebrate it, at least in your home.

It’s been 3 months since my last personal post here, but it feels like years since the world has changed a lot lately, for the worse.

At first I didn’t want to write about it, since I prefer to keep this blog a funny and peaceful place, but there are nice people who are kinda worried about me or the situation here, so I decided to update you a bit about my daily life.

As you probably know, I’m from Italy, which is one of the most affected countries.

Since the end of February, when the virus started spreading uncontrollably in my area, our life changed completely: I stopped working, shops closed one after the other, until my region was completely quarantined, on 8th March. After a couple days, the lockdown was extended to the whole country. I guess it was too late, since the number of deaths is still rising terribly every day, even if a month has passed.

In this tragedy, I’m lucky since none of my relatives and friends were affected; I lost a few people I knew from work, which is terribly sad, but it could have been way worse.

The peak seems to be passed, even if there are many new infected everyday; but the most difficult moments should be an awful memory now.

But we’ll be on lockdown at least until May 3rd.

Needless to say, I’ll cancel both my wedding and my trip to Japan, since this summer we’ll be lucky enough if we’ll be able to go outside our house while wearing a mask; meeting people to celebrate or going overseas is out of question.

Let’s stop with sad stuff here, let’s talk about how I’m spending my time lately, since days are really long when you are forced to stay at home.

Or at least they should feel long, I’m not suffering much from the lack of social interactions: being an introverted, I have no problems in spending time by myself, I always find new exciting hobbies which make my days fly by!

First of all, as you can expect, I’m playing a lot: I’m almost done with Musketeer, which will be my next review, and Usotsuki Shangri-La seems short, so it should follow pretty soon.

Everyone and their mothers are playing Animal Crossing these days, which I guess will be considered in the future the game that allowed the world to survive quarantine, but that’s not my style, so I’m forever alone in devoting my life to otome.

I plan to start the first episode of Tlicolity Eyes soon, maybe even Diabolik Lovers Chaos Lineage.

I’ll try to order Olympia Soiree, even if I don’t know when I’ll be able to receive it; I hope it will arrive sometimes by the end of May, but maybe even June, if the situation stays critical. Not like I’m lacking stuff to play anyway, I’ll do my best to get through my backlog!

Lately I’m also reading many books, at least 1 every week, because I have so many which I bought on impulse in the past years and somehow a lot of them were still untouched on the shelf.

I’m going through all Jane Austen’s books lately, I love her!

I’m also watching movies, since my culture when it comes to Hollywood popular stuff was basically non existent… and it still is, but I’m trying my best.

Since I won’t go to Japan, I went back studying Finnish and German, which are languages I both love with my heart, despite them being difficult to learn for different reasons.

But as long as I enjoy myself, even if my progresses are slow, it’s good.

I’m also watching old anime which I’ve always ignored for no reason, like Vampire Knight. I’m still on season one and I enjoy it so far, I’m curious to see how it turns out and I wish I could play the game, even if it’s for DS. We’ll see what I can do about it.

Then, last but not least, I listen to a lot of great music.

Nightwish just released their latest album, which I appreciated a lot, so I play it on repeat for hours, even when I’m doing house chores or playing with my dog.

That’s the best I can do, while waiting for this nightmare to end.

But I guess it will take a long time, probably all year, before we can go back to a normal life.

Anyway, let’s try to be positive and let’s survive quarantine the best we can, until the day we’ll be able to go outside freely again!

I’ll do my best to write more, hoping that my TOP10 and reviews will help you a bit to focus on happy stuff, at least for a few minutes. As usual, suggestions and requests are welcomed, follow me on twitter to talk if you want!

See you soon!

My 2020 goals!

Happy new year everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed Christmas holidays and started 2020 with a blast!

For me, 2019 was difficult but also amazing, there were many important events that changed my life, mostly for the best; of course, there was also painful stuff, but I don’t want to talk about it here.

Let’s focus on good news!

Last year’s main events were my new job, which I like so far (hopefully it will last!) and my decision to move back to my hometown after 4 years in a different city.

Both these decisions were hard to make and even more to adapt to, but even if May and June were mostly hell, when everything was done it really felt like the wisest choice; I don’t think I’ll regret it in the future, but if it happens, I think it was the best I could do at that moment, so it was still worth a try.

Let’s take a look at my last year’s resolutions, let’s see what I actually achieved in 2019:

  • Start a new job

I made it! I challenged myself with a job I’ve never done, which requires being extrovert or at least able to communicate easily with people, which seems SO NOT ME, but I really enjoy it way more than being alone in an office, working on my computer all day long. I’m glad I tried, hopefully this could really be the job of my life.

  • Move to a better city

After thinking about it for months, I chose to go back to my hometown which is a good place, even if it’s not that big; but my parents and relatives live there and I really wanted to being able to meet them more often and cherish my family more.

  • Travel to Finland

I was almost making it true on August, but I barely started working and I had a lot of expenses for the moving, so I thought it was better to wait some more. I think 2021 will be the year!

  • Improve my Finnish and Japanese, and maybe start German.

My Finnish improved for sure, my Japanese probably got a bit worse and I’ve barely started studying German lately.

  • Read at least 20 books

I reached that goal easily around August and then I read a lot more! I’m really glad I was finally able to go through a lot of great books which were collecting dust on the shelves.

  • Keep working on my blog

I could have done better, but overall I think I did a good job!

  • Make more friends

Well, at least I can say I improved my social skills, went out way more and regained a nice relationship with relatives. But I plan to improve a lot next year, I swear this is only the beginning!

If I consider it all, bad events aside, 2019 was a nice year which allowed me to improve various aspects of my life; if 2020 could be as good, I’d be happy enough.

So, it’s time to set new goals!

In 2020, I want to:

  • Completely adjust to my new life

It’s been a few months after those big changes, but I still need to improve on various aspects: I’m far from perfect in my job and relationships, I want to fully be a part of this community again, meet people I used to consider friends when I was younger and finally be able to feel “at home” completely.

  • Read at least 30 books

It’s probably too optimistic, but I’d like to keep reading a lot since there’s a lot of great stuff I need to check out!

  • Play at least 10 otome games

I know it’s lower than my normal standards, but next year is going to be busy, there’s no way I can still play more than 15 as I did in the past years. But 10 is a good number, isn’t it?

  • Update this blog at least twice a month

Even if I play less, there’s a lot I’d like to share here! I have many ideas already, I hope you’ll keep enjoying this place!

  • Get married

For my readers who aren’t following me on twitter, I’m getting married on May 24rd!

I’m excited and very happy, maybe I’ll write about it here too!

  • Go to Japan

Our honeymoon trip had to be in Japan, it’s the country we both love! We’ll stay there for 2 weeks, visiting Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. I’ll write about my trip here, no doubt!

  • Go to a Nightwish concert

I’ve already bought my ticket! For me, this is exciting as my wedding, no kidding!

  • Learn German

I don’t even dream to reach a decent level in a year, since I want to improve my Japanese for the trip first and maintain Finnish, but I want to learn at least the basics.

Well, that’s all, my 2020 looks amazing and busy!

Which are your plans for 2020? Did you set your goals?

I hope your wishes will come true, have an healthy, happy and exciting year!

My 2020 bullet journal set up!

Since 2019 is reaching its end, I thought it would be a perfect timing to write about bullet journals and show you how I’m going to organize my appointments and schedule for next year!

Bullet journals are really popular lately, I don’t think I need to properly explain what it is and how it works; for my readers who have never heard about it, I guess you can consider it like some kind of diary you can use to organize your daily routine, but also to make plans for your future.

You don’t need to follow specific patterns already predetermined, you can organize it however you want, adding personal trackers, various lists and whatever you think could be fun or useful to improve your life and achieve your goals.

I love watching youtube videos to take a peek into other people’s journals, so I thought some of you could be curious to see how I set up mine; who knows, maybe I can give you nice ideas!

I’m not an artist of any kind, so don’t expect to see pretty pages as you could find on instagram; I just want to share which trackers I’m using and explain how they helped me to increase my productivity.

These are my 2020 journals: I’ll start with the pink one and probably migrate to the dark blue one around September or October.

First of all, my bullet journal starts with a few lists I decided to keep updating through the year:

  • I keep track of all the important events and my favorite things of 2020, so I can find them easily at the beginning of my journal if I’ll ever want to reminisce in the future and check how my 2020 was.

  • I decided my 2020 goals and I’ll fill them up on a scale every achievement I reach.

  • I have a page to fill with every drama or anime I watch, books I read, games I complete and music I listen to.

  • I also have wishlists for games I want to buy, anime or drama I want to watch and music I need to check out.

  • I keep track of my blog ideas and posts.

  • I write every time I buy something for my hobbies, so I can better manage my finances.

Some of these lists are filled already:

After this general part which I can fill over the year, the monthly set up starts.

I see most of the bullet journalists prefer weekly set ups, but I don’t need that much space, since I usually don’t have multiple appointments or tasks every day.

I just use this simple monthly log where I write events:

 

Then, let’s talk about my trackers.

When I first started journaling, I used many; but then, I realized they took me a lot of time to fill up and they didn’t improve at all my habits.

So I stick with the ones I use the most:

  • A mood tracker, which shows me immediately how my month was.

  • An hobby tracker, where I can keep track of my daily hobbies (like reading, listening to music, playing games, writing…) and an housechores tracker, so I don’t forget to keep clean my house in each room. I used to have a productivity tracker, but I soon realized it didn’t work for me, since sometimes I mostly focus on one task instead of multiple ones, but it doesn’t mean I was lazy all day long.

  • I keep track of the hours I spend on japanese and finnish stuff, just to make sure I keep a nice knowledge of both languages.

  • My goals of the month.

  • I keep track of the anime, drama, music and books I completed each month.

  • I have a page for my to-do’s list of the month.

I try to be creative every month and come up with different patterns, but I’m not an artist so… this is how my January Mood tracker looks like:

That’s all, this is my bullet journal set up!

Do you have a bullet journal already? Or are you planning to start one?

I’m really curious to see how are you using it to improve your life and keep track of everything!

Since I have many journals, I plan to make an instagram account before the end of the year, to show you some old stuff and also my new monthly spreads.

But I’ll probably keep writing about journaling here too, from time to time!

My blog’s 3rd anniversary!!

Hello everyone!

This is a special post and I’m really excited, because today is this blog’s 3rd anniversary!!

I’m glad I’m still writing my random nonsense, even if my life changed a lot since I started; real life sometimes gets in the way, but I’ve never lost my passion to share my opinions and feelings.

So, without further ado, let’s check what happened in these last 12 months!

  • I reviewed 20 otome games;

The most popular was Jakou no Lyla European Night, probably because I played the PC first segment before the Switch port was released; I guess people were curious to know if it was decent of not. I still haven’t completed the series, but I probably will one day.

  • I wrote 6 TOP10;

The one I enjoyed writing the most was my Top10 Dark Otome Games, because it’s my style; but my Valentine post was funny to write too, I was literally laughing on my own while imagining these scenes!

  • There were 10 random posts, about my life, gaming and other hobbies.

The funniest for me was counting how many 2D boys I’ve dated so far, while thinking about the best and worst routes… so many memories!

I guess it’s pretty decent, this year has been a mess and sometimes I could barely find some time for myself, it wasn’t possible at all to sit down and update more often.

Next year is probably going to be even crazier for work and personal reasons, so I can’t predict at all how frequently I’ll be able to play games or post reviews; but obviously, I’ll keep doing my best and I guarantee this place will not die.

Maybe I’ll change this blog a bit, to make it easier for me to update, with more random posts.

It doesn’t mean I’m going to stop playing otome games, that’s sure; but my reviews will slow down, as you probably already noticed in the last few months. Sadly, I don’t have time to play every single day anymore; my daily routine is completely different now.

I’ll still try my best to complete at least 10 games every year and bring you reviews, but I don’t want to force myself; this is an hobby after all, if I don’t have fun it’s pointless.

You can expect random gaming opinions too, since I’m planning to replay old games (some of them still don’t have reviews) and I’d like to share my feelings while going through stories and characters I really loved years ago. Diabolik Lovers will come very soon!

If you’re still curious to come back here, from time to time, I’ll do my best to make this blog entertaining! I’m always here to hear your opinions and requests!

Replaying old otome games

After so many years spent enjoying otoge, I’ve been through a lot of good or even amazing games I’d like to replay; but since there used to be so many new releases, I couldn’t even manage to keep up and I always ended up having a huge backlog.

For this reason, I’ve never fulfilled one of my deepest desires, which is replaying old games that left a great impression of me years ago, when I was still new to this genre.

But maybe that time has finally come!

Since otome games moved to Switch and I still haven’t bought this new console, I think it could be the perfect time for some nostalgic replaying of games that made me fall in love with this genre.

Since I absolutely adored Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly, I decided to replay it at the beginning of this year and it moved me like the first time.

That’s why I decided to buy Diabolik Lovers Grand Edition for PS4, since this series is one of the first I discovered and enjoyed about 6 years ago, in the good old times when the PSP was still the best console ever. I’ll probably write a separate post about it, just to let you know how my opinions and feelings have changed now.

I’m really enjoying this experience, so I decided to dig out from the dust of time old games I’ve played and loved when my knowledge of Japanese was very basic.

The first title that comes to my mind is Gekka Ryouran Romance.

It was one of my first games, so I never actually got the chance to write a review and I regret it a lot. Well, it’s time to fill the void!

Brothers Conflict Passion Pink could be a great candidate too, but I don’t know if I’m ready to challenge that terrible gameplay once more. Let’s face it, that’s bad. But it’s still the game that makes me feel more nostalgic.

For more recent games, I’d gladly replay 7’s scarlet or Reines des Fleurs. There’s also a route in ChouChou Jiken which deserves more attention, since I decided to ignore the bad ending back then.

If I had to write my new opinions after replaying, would you find interesting to know how my opinion changed after years? Maybe I’ll appreciate way more some games, or maybe I think they were more boring than I remember.

Is it weird, if I find more exciting to replay old games, instead of the new ones I have on the shelf now? I guess I just played too much, I need to find again the good vibes and emotions I felt when I was still a newbie and everything seemed perfect and amazing.

If there’s a game you’d like me to replay, feel free to ask! What is old for me, it may be new to you; or maybe you want me to reconsider my opinion about a game you loved dearly.

Well, see you soon with my Diabolik Lovers review!

But before that, it’s my blog’s anniversary soon!

My Starry Sky character’s ranking and random Zodiac Signs stuff

If you are passionate about reading your horoscope every day, or at least you know the basics of Astrology, you already know how every Zodiac Sign is associated with peculiar traits; there’s also a theory that explains which Signs are the most compatible with each other, while others can’t absolutely get along.

But is it true?

In my experience, even if Astrology is not a perfect science, most of the people I know actually share the most important characteristics typical of their Signs. I do, too.

Of course, it’s not the same for everyone, and some people may think it’s just a joke.

While I was playing Starry Sky, a series where each dateable guy is supposed to represent a specific Zodiac Sign, I couldn’t help but associate every character to people I know in real life: I had fun while recognizing all the good and bad traits and I kept imagining myself in that world.

In the end, I thought about making some kind of social experiment: will I end up liking more the boys that represent a Sign usually considerate compatible with mine? Or would it reveal itself as some kind of useless joke? Each one of you who played Starry Sky can do the same experiment and I’d like to know how it went for you!

I’m not an expert, so I can’t tell if the characters in the game represent perfectly their Signs; I’ll just write my own perception of them, so feel free to tell me if something is wrong.

Don’t get offended if I somehow insult your Sign!

For reference, my Zodiac Sign is Cancer.

I literally share every single trait usually attributed to it, the good and the bad ones:

  • I’m loyal to death to everyone I truly love;

  • I’m possessive and protective of people I love;

  • Fear of abandonment;

  • Tendency to overreact;

  • Tendency to live in the past (or imagination);

  • Diplomat, peacemaker; I don’t like fights, but if it comes to defending a friend, I have no hesitation. Kill me, but don’t touch my friends;

  • I’m shy, but I also love the spotlight;

  • Kind, sensitive, intuitive;

  • Artistic, romantic, eccentric;

  • Moody and clingy.

Now, let’s take a look at my favorite Signs, based on their representations in Starry Sky!

Starting from the one who annoyed me the most, to my true love:

12- GEMINI Iku

           

He’s so annoying, arrogant and selfish, I was almost dropping his route. I decided to reach the ending just to see if he could redeem himself, but all I felt was just happiness because I was free from hell. It was painful to sit through.

I have problems dealing with Gemini people in real life too… sorry to my Gemini readers, but your personality is too difficult to handle and to trust for me!

11- LIBRA Kotarou

Messy, lazy and overall unreliable, he felt more like a spoiled brat than an adult.

He didn’t admit his feelings and loved acting as a drama queen, which led to misunderstandings and angst. This is definitely not my type of boyfriend.

10- LEO Naoshi

I know, he’s a good boy, but he’s definitely not my type: too loud, always hyped and not romantic enough. I think it would be hard for me even to befriend him, since we’re so different; a relationship would be completely impossible. I appreciate positive and energetic people like him, but we can’t be too close or they’d become annoying.

9- AQUARIUS Tsubasa

Always cheerful and even childish, with never-ending ideas for amazing inventions.

His creativity makes him a genius.

He’s secretly insecure and scared to be abandoned as it happened in his childhood, but I’d gladly help him recover, since he’s a sweet boy who needs affection.

I love him, but I think a relationship would be hard, I need a more mature person.

8- VIRGO Hayato

He’s talented, polite and a sweet boyfriend, but full of insecurities.

His inferiority complex and lack of confidence makes me sad, I always need to shower him with affection to make him feel appreciated as he deserves.

I want to hug him, but it’s hard for me to consider someone so frail boyfriend material.

7- PISCES Kanata

He’s really sweet, but sometimes he covers his feelings and prefers to solve problems by himself, instead of relying on his girlfriend. He doesn’t want to worry his loved ones, so he hurts in silence.

He wants to appear strong and independent, even when he’s weak.

Overall I liked him, but I have troubles dealing with this kind of people: I almost feel offended if they don’t want to share their pain with me, I feel ignored or not reliable enough for them.

I usually dislike how they want to appear cool, even if deep inside they are sensitive: it feels like they are two faced and I don’t know which is real.

6- ARIES Kazuki

I love his determination, confidence and reliability; he really looks and acts as you would expect from a President of the Student Council; there’s some kind of powerful aura around him.

Maybe someone may think he’s arrogant, but I love charismatic people who know what they want and do everything they can to achieve their goals.

5- CAPRICORN Yoh

I love how straightforward and cool he is.

He doesn’t care about other people, he just wants to be happy; his feelings and opinions always come first. I don’t think we could get along, since I’m the complete opposite, but I truly admire him: I wish I could be so cold and egocentric too, since I usually feel guilty for the smallest things.

Every time I say something remotely offensive or I think about myself without considering others, I feel really bad; but somehow a Capricorn can live happily like this, without getting involved in other people’s lives. Trust me, you’re lucky.

4- SCORPIO Ryunosuke

He may seem blunt or too strict, but he just tries to hide his emotions behind a stoic mask; he’s actually a sweet boyfriend and a dedicated lover, who never fails to blush and stutter when his girlfriend gets too close. He’s reliable and considerate, even if sometimes he can’t fully express his feelings; but if you give him a chance, you’ll discover a pure heart.

3- TAURUS Homare

He’s so devoted and caring I was almost feeling embarrassed.

Do I really deserve him? His smile is so pure, it makes the world shine.

I could always trust him, without ever feeling worried about his love for me.

I just wish he was more confident, since he’s too weak to pressure and he needs to be encouraged, or his legs begin shaking in fear.

I’m emotional and paranoid enough, I need a man who supports me and who is reassuring when there are problems and challenges in life.

2- SAGITTARIUS Azusa

Self confident, ambitious, honest and straightforward.

He may come out as pushy and a bit arrogant, because he always knows what he wants, he shows his feelings and he’s ready to fight to reach his goal.

A reliable boyfriend, he’s not embarrassed to show everyone how much he cares about you; if something doesn’t interest him, or even bothers him, he’ll just say it in your face. He never lies.

1- CANCER Suzuya

Is it weird if my favorite character shares my same Sign? Despite his flaws, his excessive desire to monopolize, his yandere tendencies, I truly loved him with all my heart. And I perfectly understood his fears, his feelings, his thoughts.

I even loved when he fought like crazy to protect the heroine from those boys who were bothering her. Go for the kill boy, don’t let anyone touch your woman!

When he was jealous, my heart broke. I wanted to tell him: “stop being so insecure! She loves you! Don’t expect her to look only at you, to only talk to you! I know how you feel, dear; I’m the same.

But we can’t expect other people to enjoy living in our little safe world, made up of our two hearts; usually, people want to explore. It doesn’t mean they aren’t faithful”.

I guess we just have too many feelings piling up and we seem obsessed. Wait, we probably are truly obsessed. But it’s not easy for us to open up our heart to someone else, so when we show everything, we truly become dedicated to the person we love and we expect them to be the same.

It’s not easy. We hurt for the smallest things and we feel lonely immediately.

Oh, I really want to enter the screen and hug Suzuya!!

Well, this is my opinion while playing Starry Sky boys.

But does it make sense, according to popular believes of Signs compatibility?

I went to check it out on a site called “Astrology Zodiac Signs”, which describes perfectly the compatibility of different couples combinations, and these are the results.

My love for Homare was proved true:

Taurus and Cancer present the gentlest couple of the zodiac. When they fall in love, they will rarely find the reason to separate, because of their shared emotional goals for love, understanding, family and the feeling of home.”

My compatibility with Suzuya was proved right too, even if 2 Cancer in a relationship may probably end up piling up too many feelings; but still:

Their mellow nature, ability to feel and have enough compassion for each other, makes them great candidates for marriage, children and the whole picket fence scenario.”

Apparently, Cancer and Aries are not meant to be together:

This relationship can be painful for both partners and needs a lot of work put into it in order to work. It requires both of the partners to adapt and make changes in their behavior, while tip toing around each other most of the time.”

Cancer and Scorpio could be a good couple too:

A relationship between a Cancer and a Scorpio can go from one extreme to another, and although Cancer partner will try hard to stabilize it, it might be too difficult if Scorpio doesn’t have enough respect for their own emotions. When they find an emotional link, they can go very deep in search of true love, and unite on a level that is unreachable for other zodiac signs. This can make them speak without words, understand each other’s thoughts with only one shared glance and be synchronized in their approach to their future together.”

Cancer and Sagittarius seem to be a weird match, but it can work out:

Cancer and Sagittarius are usually signs that aren’t attracted to each other at all. If attraction and love are born between them, they will rarely have a damaging relationship for any one of them, because their signs are ruled by the Moon and beneficent Jupiter. If they have feelings for each other, it would be a shame not to act on them and miss the opportunity to peacefully grow.”

As I expected, Cancer is not compatible with Libra:

Probably the biggest restriction in the relationship between Cancer and Libra is in things they want from their partner. Cancer wants someone responsible, to take them by the hand if needed and complement their emotional nature with practicality. Libra wants someone who is full of life, energized, strong and full of initiative to follow their ideas. They can really disappoint each other if any expectations are set wrongly at the beginning of their relationship.”

Cancer and Pisces are meant to be together:

Cancer and Pisces connect through emotions, usually as soon as they lay eyes on each other. This is one of the typical combinations of zodiac signs for love at first sight.”

I wasn’t expecting it, but it seems like Cancer and Capricorn could be a great couple:

In most cases this is a once in a lifetime love for both partners, and they will probably choose each other without a doubt.

Cancer and Aquarius should probably stay away from each other:

We could say that Cancer and Aquarius are not your usual happy couple in most cases. Their relationship can be too stressful for Cancer partner and the lack of intimacy will most probably tear them apart.”

As expected, Cancer and Gemini are not a good match too:

When it comes to relationships, there seems to be too many things that set them apart.”

Cancer and Virgo can work out, but it’s not so easy:

Cancer and Virgo can have a wonderful connection and are usually brought together by sexual understanding. The main problem of their relationship is in the possible conflict between emotional Cancer and reasonable Virgo. If they manage to overcome this, accepting each other’s shortcomings and learning to incorporate some rationality or some emotion into their lives, they could end up in an inspiring relationship that will last for a very long time. In a way, they complement each other as much as the heart complements the mind.”

Also, Cancer and Leo are too different:

Although the Moon reflects the light from the Sun, the sign of Cancer doesn’t really see Leo as the source of all their joy.

Leo is a sign that should spread joy and love with an active approach to each one of their relationships. How is it possible that Cancer is immune? Well probably because the Moon circles around the Earth, not the Sun.

They are special, that’s for sure. Both of them are strong individuals, each on their own plane. Their lack of understanding and emotional touch can be explained through the fact that both of them have a mission to spread love to the less fortunate signs of the zodiac.”

So, have we learned something about this?

I think most of my perceptions were right, my feelings for Starry Sky characters mostly corresponded to Zodiac Signs compatibility.

I don’t really know if that means the writers were great and portrayed each Sign perfectly, or maybe it’s just a coincidence.

I was surprised to discover how Cancer and Capricorn can be a great couple, since their different attitude towards people, feelings and life in general makes them completely the opposite; I guess their difference makes them complete each other perfectly.

I expected Sagittarius to be a better match, since it’s my boyfriend’s Sign (and we’ve been a couple for 13 years), but I guess it’s a couple which fits perfectly only in rare cases and we are one.

The couple Cancer-Pisces is not a surprise, since my parents have been together for like 35 years now; but even if me and my mum are both Cancer, we really don’t have the same taste in man.

Well, if you’ve managed to read the whole post, congratulations!

See you next time!

(Not Japan related) This is a music post!

I’ve been wanting to write a post about my favorite bands and songs for a long time, but since this kind of music is not related to otome games or Japan at all, I always ended up changing my mind and avoiding the topic.

But who knows, maybe some of my readers are willing to try out new genres and bands they’ve never heard before, and it could be a nice chance to find your next favorite song, so why not?

First of all: in my life I’ve listened to many bands from different countries, enjoying music in different languages, from english, to italian, japanese, korean and even finnish.

I’ve been through many genres, but my favorite has always been symphonic metal, mostly with operatic vocals. It’s obviously a niche and I perfectly understand it may be not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re curious, here some of my favorite bands and songs!

LEAVES’ EYES: Solemn Sea

I’ve adored Liv Kristine since Theater of Tragedy, her ethereal voice and beauty made me feel emotional. The band has a new singer now (and she’s very talented!), but for me Liv is the only Leave’s eyes singer.

EPICA: Utopia

I’ve been a fan of this great band since they’ve debuted, even if I mostly prefer their old songs.

NIGHTWISH: Ghost love score

I guess this is their most famous song now, since I’ve seen many people on youtube reacting to this amazing live; I’ve loved Nightwish since Tarja’s era, back in 2004, but I adore Floor’s voice.

AMBERIAN DAWN: River of Tuoni

Heidi is hands down one of my favorite singers, her voice is amazing!

XANDRIA: Call of destiny

I wish Xandria could just choose a singer and stick with her, but if I had to choose (they were all very talented) Dianne was on another level, simply a goddess!

Well, I guess I should stop here for now, it’s enough for a start!

Do you enjoy this kind of music posts? If someone is interested, I’d gladly share other bands or some of my favorite singers and songs, since I have so many I could literally write a book about it!

I even thought multiple times about making a separate music blog, but I love this place and I prefer to just stay here. Tell me your opinion!

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